fairy tales can come true, they can happen to you...

I had a thought late last night, after I ran out of sheep to count. Arafat is dead. He's been dead. The Pallies are just playing a whole Weekend At Bernie's prank on us. They prop up Arafat's preserved body, stick him at a table next to his beloved box of baby wipes (which are scented, to keep the stench of death at bay) and Andrew McCarthy hides underneath those robes and waves the limbs of the corpse around.

Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's true. Dancing on the grave of the near-dead if not already dead? You bet.

Here's the translation of the relevant news from the Guysen IsraŽl News web site:

(The disclaimer for all reports)
We chose to inform you very quickly, want to thus excuse syntax as well as the orthography of our dispatches. Indeed, we transmit them to you at the time of the urgencies, directly coming from our reporters themselves under extreme tension. Thank you for your understanding.

October 8, 2003
20:19 Arafat according to our advisors would be deceased following a cardiac faintness. News to take with the conditionel a hoax or an attempt at misinformation are not to exclude.

20:36 We do not have any more information on the state of "health '' of Arafat. The news of its death is still not confirmed.